Lamar High School basketball

Posted:
02/03/2014 03:04:54 PM MST

The Lamar High School girls and boys basketball teams had their home games with Ellicott on Friday, Jan,. 31 postponed due to the weather. Those games have been rescheduled to be played on Tuesday, Feb. 11. The schedule will be as follows: 4:30 — Boys C-team game at the Lamar High School Gym. 4:30 — Boys JV game at the Lamar Community Building. 6:00 — Boys varsity game at the Lamar Community Building. 7:30 — Girls varsity game at the Lamar Community Building. The Lamar basketball teams were able to make the trip to James Irwin on Saturday, Feb. 1 despite the weather. The No. 3 state-ranked Lady Savages won 63-30 to strengthen their lead in the Tri-Peaks League East Division standings to 9-0 and 14-0. The Lamar Savages were in the game against the Jaguars until things came apart in the fourth quarter. Lamar held a 15-14 lead after the first quarter and the game was tied at 30-30 at halftime. James Irvin outscored Lamar, 13-7, in the third quarter to take a 43-37 lead. The Jaguars then exploded in the fourth quarter to outscore the Savages, 30-19. The Savages fell to 1-8 in league play and 2-12 overall. Lamar has two games on the docket this week. The Lamar girls and boys will host La Junta on Friday, Feb. 7. The schedule will be as follows: 4:00 — JV girls game at the Lamar Community Building. 4:00 — JV boys game at the Lamar High School Gym. 5:30 — Boys C-team game at the Lamar High School Gym. 5:30 — Varsity girls game at the Lamar Community Building. 7:00 — Girls C-team game at the Lamar High School Gym. 7:00 — Varsity boys game at the Lamar Community Building. The Lamar girls and boys will then travel to play Pueblo Centennial on Saturday, Feb. 8 with the following schedule: 11:30 — JV girls game. 1:00 — JV boys game. 2:30 — Varsity girls game. 4:00 — Varsity boys game.